Inger Skjelsbæk

Research Professor

Email: inger@prio.org
Mobile phone: (+47) 938 02 492
Twitter: @IngerSkjelsbaek

Research Interests

Research project titled Why Rape? Perpetrator, Punishment and Social Narratives, funded by the Research Council of Norway (personal post-doc)

Research project titled Gender, Conflict and Peacebuilding, funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Research project titled Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict (SVAC), pilot study funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Book publication, 15 September, 2011: The Political Psychology of War Rape: Studies from Bosnia and Herzegovina (London: Routledge) http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415671170/

An extensive interview with Inger Skjelsbæk by Cindy Horst was published as part of the 60th Anniversary series PRIO Stories in August 2019.

Background

Languages spoken:

English, French and German

Working experience:

2009-2015 : Deputy Director at PRIO

Aug 2013 - Feb 2014: Research Director, Dimensions of Security Department, PRIO

2011/2012 (summers): Visiting scholar at the Human Rights Center, University of California Berkeley

2008-2009: Programme Leader of the Ethics, Norms and Identities programme at PRIO

2002-2003: Guest Researcher and Fulbright Scholar at the Institute of Slavic, Eurasian and Eastern European Studies (ISEEES) at the University of California, Berkeley, USA

1996- : Researcher at PRIO

Associate editor of International Feminist Journal of Politics since July 2011

Education

2007 Dr. Polit. Degree at the Institute for Psychology, University of Trondheim (NTNU). The title of the Ph.D. dissertation is "Sexual Violence In Time of War: Sexuality, Ethnicity and Gender Diversity in the War in Bosnia-Herzegovina".

1996, Cand. Polit. Degree from the University of Trondheim (NTNU) with a Master’s degree in psychology. The title of the Master’s dissertation was "Women and War: A Qualitative Study of the Construction of Femininity in the Wars in the Former Yugoslavia, El Salvador and Vietnam".

1993, Cand. Mag. Degree from the University of Oslo with the following subjects: English language and literature, French language and literature, Psychology and Social science statistics.

PRIO Projects

Ongoing:

EuroWARCHILD (project leader)
High-Level Seminars on Gender and Inclusive Mediation Processes
Missing Peace Initiative (project leader)
PhD Course on Gender, Peace and Security

Finished:

Events

Wed, 01 Jun 2022 09:30-12:30 – What Does It Mean to Be a Child Born of War?
Thu, 01 July 2021 – Conflict-Related Sexual Violence: Taking Stock of Research and Policy
Mon, 09 Nov 2020 09:00-16:00 – Building on 20 Years of Women, Peace and Security: The Norwegian National Commemoration of UN Security Council Resolution 1325
Thu, 02 Jul 2020 16:00-17:30 – COVID-19 and Conflict-related Sexual Violence: Relationships & Implications
Wed, 27 May 2020 14:00-15:30 – Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the time of COVID-19: A hidden pandemic?
Thu, 26 Mar 2020 17:00-20:00 – CANCELLED: Film Screening: 'The Prosecutors'
Mon, 09 Mar 2020 09:00-11:00 – Fulfilling the SDGs for Hidden and Vulnerable Populations
02 - 03 Mar 2020 – Preserving Spaces for Dialogue in the Middle East
Thu, 05 Dec 2019 10:00-12:30 – Gender Equality in Peace and Mediation Efforts: Norms and Practice
Wed, 05 Jun 2019 15:00-17:00 – Launch of the Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace and Security
18 - 19 Mar 2019 – Nordic Peace Revisited
Tue, 11 Dec 2018 17:00-19:00 – Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War: Reflections on the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize
Tue, 11 Dec 2018 08:30-11:45 – How to Combat Sexual Violence in Conflict?
Tue, 05 Jun 2018 08:15-14:00 – Securing Health Care of Hidden Populations: The case of Children Born of War
26 - 27 Apr 2018 – Women and Girls in Violent Extremism as Perpetrators, Survivors and Peacebuilders
07 - 08 Dec 2017 – Missing Peace Symposium 2017: Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict
Thu, 07 Dec 2017 09:00-12:00 – How does international criminal prosecution of conflict-related sexual violence impact peacebuilding?
Fri, 27 Oct 2017 12:00-13:30 – Children Born of War in the Context of Peace and Security
Thu, 26 Oct 2017 15:00-17:00 – Launch of the New Global Women, Peace and Security index
Fri, 22 Sep 2017 08:30-11:00 – Making Sense of Sexual War Violence
Fri, 08 Sep 2017 10:00-16:00 – Research Network on Gender, Peace and Security meeting
10 - 12 Jul 2017 – Bridging the Research and Policy Divides in Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and Sexual Exploitation & Abuse
Tue, 20 Jun 2017 08:30-10:00 – The Carpetbaggers of Kabul: Gender and International Development issues in Afghanistan
Tue, 16 Feb 2016 16:30-19:15 – Stopping Rape in Eastern Congo: Does Celebrity Activism Work?
Mon, 15 Feb 2016 15:00-19:00 – Women, Peace and Security: What Does It Mean in the Contemporary World?
Wed, 09 Sep 2015 09:00-11:00 – Bosnia 20 Years After the War
26 - 28 Aug 2015 – Missing Peace Symposium 2015: Accountability for Sexual Violence
Thu, 04 Jun 2015 13:00-15:00 – The Srebrenica Genocide’s Lasting Legacy
Tue, 24 March 2015 – Fifth High-Level Seminar on Gender and Inclusive Mediation Processes
Sun, 23 Nov 2014 08:30-15:30 – Advancing Women’s Rights and Empowerment in Afghanistan
18 - 20 Nov 2014 – Fourth High-Level Seminar on Gender and Inclusive Mediation Processes
Fri, 31 Oct 2014 08:30-10:00 – Gender Based Violence in War and Conflict – Approaching and Assisting Survivors
Wed, 22 Oct 2014 10:30-12:00 – OSCE study on National Action Plans on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325
Wed, 27 Aug 2014 10:00-14:30 – Meeting of the Research Network on Gender, Peace and Security
Thu, 20 Mar 2014 09:30-11:30 – The Role and Relevance of Gender in Peace Mediation
Wed, 08 Jan 2014 10:00-11:30 – Gender in Peace and Conflict Studies
08 - 10 Jan 2014 – PhD Course: Gender, Peace and Security
14 - 15 Nov 2013 – Women, Power and Politics: The Road to Sustainable Democracy
Tue, 15 Oct 2013 16:00-18:00 – Bokbad: Statsfeministen, statsfeminismen og verden utenfor
Thu, 14 February 2013 – Missing Peace Symposium 2013
Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:00-12:00 – International Criminal Courts: Are They Serving the Needs of Victims and Their Families? Or Should they be?
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:00-12:00 – Mediating Ceasefires and Peace Agreements: How to address conflict-related sexual violence?
Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:00-12:00 – The Political Psychology of War Rape
Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:00-17:00 – Celebrating Leymah Gbowee!
Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:30-16:00 – Gender and Conflict Research
11 - 12 Nov 2010 – Research Challenges on Women, Peace and Security
Thu, 11 November 2010 – Research Challenges on ‘Women, Peace and Security’
Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:00-15:00 – Gender and War
Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:00-11:00 – Exploring Gender and Conflict Issues in Nepal and North India
Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:00-13:00 – Gender Day: Kvinner, fred og sikkerhet
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:00-13:30 – 'Suffering someplace else': photojournalism and the images of atrocities
Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:00-15:00 – The Body of War
Tue, 08 May 2007 09:00-16:00 – The Impact of Armed Conflict on Women
Thu, 07 Dec 2006 13:00-14:30 – Gender and Security

PRIO started tracking events online in 2007. This listing is not complete. Past events may be mentioned in our news archive.

Publications

The following publications are specific to the PRIO GPS Centre. A more complete list is available at www.prio.org.

All Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Article

Skjelsbæk, Inger & Torunn L. Tryggestad (2023) Dempet statsfeminist? Nasjonale tradisjoner og globale utviklingstrekk i Søreides periode som utenriksminister [Cautious State Feminist? National Traditions and Global Developments During Søreide’s Term as Minister of Foreign Affairs], Internasjonal Politikk 81(1).

Bæk, Sindre & Inger Skjelsbæk (2023) The Women, Peace, and Security Norms as seen by Norwegian Male Officers, Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies. DOI: 10.18291/njwls.135624.

Skjelsbæk, Inger & Torunn L. Tryggestad (2020) Pro-gender Norms in Norwegian Peace Engagement: Balancing Experiences, Values, and Interests, Foreign Policy Analysis. DOI: 10.1093/fpa/orz028.

Skjelsbæk, Inger; Julie Marie Hansen & Jenny Lorentzen (2020) Hopes and misguided expectations: How policy documents frame gender in efforts at preventing terrorism and violent extremism, Politics, Religion & Ideology 21(4): 469–486.

Skjelsbæk, Inger & Torunn L. Tryggestad (2019) Likestilling og Norges fredsengasjement - en balansekunst, Tidsskrift for kjønnsforskning 43(4).

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018) Silence Breakers in War and Peace: Research on Gender and Violence with an Ethics of Engagement, Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society 25(4): 496–520.

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2016) Interpreting the interpreter: Navigating translation, interpretation, and mediation, Culture and Psychology 22(4): 502–519.

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2015) The Military Perpetrator: A Narrative Analysis of Sentencing Judgments on Sexual Violence Offenders at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Journal of Social and Political Psychology 3(1): 46–70.

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2012) Responsibility to Protect or Prevent? Victims and Perpetrators of Sexual Violence Crimes in Armed Conflicts, Global Responsibility to Protect 4(2): 154–171.

Skjelsbæk, Inger & Torunn L. Tryggestad (2011) Kvinner i det norske forsvaret: Likestilling eller operasjonelt imperativ? [Women in the Norwegian Armed Forces: Gender Equality or Operational Imperative?], Sosiologi i dag 41(1): 53–75.

Skjelsbæk, Inger & Kristian Berg Harpviken (2010) Tilslørt fredspolitikk [Blurred Peace Policy], Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift 27(4): 379–388.

Tryggestad, Torunn L. & Inger Skjelsbæk (2009) Women in the Norwegian Armed Forces. Gender Equality or Operational Imperative?, Minerva Journal of Women and War 3(2): 34–51.

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2009) Traditions and Transitions: Perceptions of 'Good Womanhood' Among Twenty Bosnian Focus Group Participants, International Feminist Journal of Politics 11(3): 392–411.

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2009) Kjønnsbasert vold i krig: Hvordan få god kunnskap og på hvilken måte? [Gender Based Violence in War: How to get good knowlede and in which ways?], Sociologi i dag 39(2): 72–90.

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2006) Victim and Survivor: Narrated Social Identities of Women Who Experienced Rape During the War in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Feminism and Psychology 16(4): 373–403.

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2006) Therapeutic Work With Victims of Sexual Violence in War and Postwar: A Discourse Analysis of Bosnian Experiences, Peace & Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology 12(2): 93–118.

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2001) Sexual Violence and War: Mapping out a Complex Relationship, European Journal of International Relations 7(2): 211–237.

Skjelsbæk, Inger (1998) Kjønnsidentitet: Er feminitet iboende fredelig?, Internasjonal Politikk 56(1): 55–74.

PhD Thesis

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2007) Voicing Silence: A Political-Psychological Analysis of the Aftermath of the Bosnian War-Rapes. PhD thesis, Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim.

GPS Policy Brief

Mochmann, Ingvill C. & Inger Skjelsbæk (2018) Children Born of War (CBOW): Between Stigmatization, Integration and Empowerment, GPS Policy Brief, 3. Oslo: PRIO.

Monograph

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018) Helga Hernes: The State Feminist. Oslo: PRIO/H. Aschehoug & Co..

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2013) Statsfeministen, Statsfeminismen og Verden Utenfor [The State Feminist, State Feminism and the World Beyond]. Oslo: Aschehoug.

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2011) The Political Psychology of War Rape: Studies from Bosnia and Herzegovina. London: Routledge. War, Politics and Experience.

Book Chapter

Skjelsbæk, Inger & Torunn L. Tryggestad (2021) Protecting the brand? The hesitant incorporation of gender equality in the peace nation, in Inger Skjelsbæk, ed., Gender Equality and Nation Branding in the Nordic Region. London: Routledge (113–133).

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2018) Perpetrators of Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict, in Perpetrators and Perpetration of Mass Violence: Action, Motivations and Dynamics (Routledge Studies in Genocide and Crimes against Humanity). London: Routledge (151–168).

Bringedal Houge, Anette & Inger Skjelsbæk (2018) Securitising Sexual Violence: Transitions from War to Peace, in Intimate Partner Violence, Risk and Security: Securing Women’s Lives in a Global World. Abingdon: Routledge (19–33).

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2015) Women, War, Violence and Peacemaking – International Developments, in Kjersti Ericsson, ed., Women in War: Examples from Norway and Beyond. London: Ashgate (217–236).

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2013) Responsibility to Protect or Prevent? Victims and Perpetrators of Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts, in Responsibility to Protect and Women, Peace and Security. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers (81–101).

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2012) Conceptualizing Sexual Violence Perpetrators in War, in Skre, Alf Butenschøn; Elisabeth J. Wood; & Morten Bergsmo, eds, Understanding and Proving International Sex Crimes. Beijing: Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher (495–509).

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2011) Sexual Violence in the Post-Yugoslav Wars, in Hernes, Helga; Chantal de Jonge Oudraat; & Kathleen Kuehnast, eds, Women and War: Power and Protection in the 21st Century. Washington, D.C.: United States Institute of Peace Press (65–84).

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2008) Kjønn og vold i krigssonen [Gender and Violence in the War Zone], in Skjeie, Hege; Inger Skjelsbæk; & Torunn L. Tryggestad, eds, Kjønn, krig og konflikt. Oslo, Norway: PAX (46–59).

Edited Volume

Skjeie, Hege; Torunn L. Tryggestad; & Inger Skjelsbæk, eds, (2008) Kjønn, Krig og Konflikt [Gender, War, Conflict]. Oslo, Norway: PAX.

Smith, Dan; & Inger Skjelsbæk, eds, (2001) Gender, Peace and Conflict. London: Sage Publications.

Non-refereed Journal Article

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2013) Seksualisert vold i krig [Sexual violence in war], Speilvendt(2): 2–7.

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2013) "It's not small talk material" - om krig, fred, vold og forskning, Samtiden. Tidsskrift for politikk, litteratur og samfunnsspørsmål 3: 36–48.

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2008) Statskvinne med barrierebrytergen. Om forskeren , feministen og politikeren Helga Hernes [Helga Hernes: Researcher, Feminist and Politician], PROSA 4.

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2006) En Fredsforskers syn på dyd, Minerva 82(1): 29–31.

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2003) The Role of Gender in South Asian Conflict Zones, Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology 9(4): 387–389.

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2003) Seksualisert vold i krig – antakelser og utfordringer [Sexual Violence in War – assumptions and challenges], Sociologisk Forskning 4(2003): 25–32.

PRIO Report

Skjelsbæk, Inger (1999) Sexual Violence in Times of War. An Annotated Bibliography, PRIO Report, 4. Oslo: PRIO.

Skjelsbæk, Inger (1997) Gendered Battlefields. A Gender Analysis of Peace and Conflict, PRIO Report, 6. Oslo: PRIO.

PRIO Policy Brief

Sveaass, Nora; Rikke Marie Gjerde Kvaale & Inger Skjelsbæk (2015) Therapeutic Prosecutions?, PRIO Policy Brief, 4. Oslo: PRIO.

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2013) Preventing Perpetrators: How to go from protection to prevention of sexual violence in war?, PRIO Policy Brief, 3. Oslo: PRIO.

Chun, Suk & Inger Skjelsbæk (2010) Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts, PRIO Policy Brief, 1. Oslo: PRIO.

PRIO Paper

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2007) Gender Aspects of International Military Interventions: National and International Perspectives, PRIO Paper. Oslo: PRIO.

Report - Other

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2010) The Elephant in the Room: An Overview of How Sexual Violence came to be Seen as a Weapon of War, Report to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Oslo: PRIO.

Skjelsbæk, Inger; & Torunn L. Tryggestad (2007) Kvinner i Forsvaret og implementering av FNs Sikkerhetsrådsresolusjon 1325 om kvinner, fred og sikkerhet: Potensial, status og anbefalte tiltak [Women in the Norwegian Armed Forces and Implementation of UN SC Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security: Potential, status and recommendations ], Report commissioned by the Defence Study 2007. Oslo.

Olsson, Louise; Karen Hostens; Inger Skjelsbæk; & Elise Fredrikke Barth (2004) Gender Aspects of Conflict Interventions: Intended and Unintended Consequences, Report to Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Oslo.

Hostens, Karen; & Inger Skjelsbæk (2003) Gender Aspects of Conflict Interventions: Policy Implications of Studies of the TIPH, UNMEE and SFOR.

Book Review

Skjelsbæk, Inger (2007) Review of Innocent Women and Children: Gender Norms and the Protection of Civilians, in Gender and Development 15(2): 345–347.